First, I would like to mention I don't know very much about AV's and speakers.

I recieved the speakers a few days ago M80 and VP150. Wonderingif my receive is adequate for the M80 and also is there a burn in period for the M80. Just not 100% convinced with them as of yet. I have a Nad T765HD

I guess I'll answer a few question that you have asked.a)My mains are approx 8' apart. b)The music I like varies; Enigma, Eric Clapton, Sarah Brightman. Mostly, I love watching movies.(Braveheart, Patriot, Troy etc...c)I have Canton 507 Chrono series that I was using for the fronts but now I'm using them for the rears. They are only 3 weeks old.d) I only used the auddesey funtion to calabrite my speakers. e) the set up I used for the speakers are as follows;front main (large) centre (small) rears small and I have 2 subwoofers.f) and my Av did clip once but I was little too anxious to try it at a high volume. My Nad has a soft clip funtion; what ever that means.g)I'm using 12awg wire and BIAmpedThanks for all your help. It's much appreciated!

If audyssey turned on any Room EQ features try turning them off (so that no EQ is Applied) and see how that sounds. I found that the audyssey EQ made my speakers sound worse. Many people have good results but I tried 3 times with mixed results at best.

You will want to change your fronts to small and use a crossover of about 60 or 80 hz more than likely.

Since the M80's are rear ported you can really change how they sound by moving them closer or farther from the back wall. Generally speaking, moving them closer to the wall will add a little emphasis on the bass. Is your music collection in lossy (mp3) or lossless (flac, wav or CD) format?

What subwoofers do you have?

I am not sure what "soft clipping means"... I have never had my receiver shut down once with the m80's (using denon 3808) And I have played it PLENTY loud. Did your receiver shut down on you when you say it clipped or what happened?

How do the Cantons differ from the Axioms sound wise? Make sure you do as noted above by David. That will ease up on the receiver. I would also forget the bi-amping too. Less of a load for the amp to drive.

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I'm using Mp3 & Mp4 mostly with a C-200 Popcorn Hour media player HDMI output.And yes when it clipped the Av did shut down.The Canton's sounded brighter and cleaner and never clipped my AV before. lol but I am some how convinced the Axiom are better.I'm using 2 PSB 10" subs.

If audyssey turned on any Room EQ features try turning them off (so that no EQ is Applied) and see how that sounds. I found that the audyssey EQ made my speakers sound worse. Many people have good results but I tried 3 times with mixed results at best.

You will want to change your fronts to small and use a crossover of about 60 or 80 hz more than likely.

Since the M80's are rear ported you can really change how they sound by moving them closer or farther from the back wall. Generally speaking, moving them closer to the wall will add a little emphasis on the bass. Is your music collection in lossy (mp3) or lossless (flac, wav or CD) format?

What subwoofers do you have?

I am not sure what "soft clipping means"... I have never had my receiver shut down once with the m80's (using denon 3808) And I have played it PLENTY loud. Did your receiver shut down on you when you say it clipped or what happened?

So you're saying for the fronts to have the cross over at 60 to 80 hz?hmm I'm surprised about biamping; because the "guy" from the audio place said; "it's always the best way of doing it".